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Anybody out there can recomend a phone that has GPRS and a keyboard for Ł330
or under?

Had a Nokia 7650 but it was stolen and the insurers are prepared to go to
Ł330.

Any ideas?

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Keith F wrote in message
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Why not trouser Ł270?

Nearly new Treo 180 can be had for Ł59 unlocked on ebay. Has the advantage
of about the richest set of app available - and being mono - has stupendous
battery life for a smartphone. A phone permanently connected to the internet
with usable POP3 mail and browser. Mine runs PGP, FTP & SSH too so I can
control my servers and (being a tag holder) register nominet domains without
leaving the pub.

Oh, you can make phone calls too ;-)

Pity it doesnt have BT or expansion and you will need small thumbs - but
there you are - you can afford to throw it as soon as something decent comes
along (the Treo 600s successor maybe?).

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Sounds like a proper piece of kit with that software. Whats the OS?

Managing my servers form the pub like a dream come true.

Insurers are kindly going to buy it for me. They work with a bespoke company
with massive buying power who just buy things to replace stolen items. Tuff
work.

Keith
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Zen wrote in message
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PalmOS 3.5. Standard Palm with a GPRS phone. Click on an networked app - and
it automatically connects in a few secs - or sometimes you can go for hours
and a hundred miles without dropping the connection. No traffic, no charge.


The awkward bit is that as the screen is 160x160 you cant run VT20
emulation under SSH. But with a bit of forethought you can set things up to
get around that. Which means almost anything that runs under Linux - I can
run on my servers from my Treo. Or you can directly ping, traceroute etc
with a mixture of freeware and nominally priced software.

Helps if you have good eyesight. The flip on the 180 is not liked by some -
but unlike the much more expensive Treo 600 - means you dont need a case
and sharing a pocket with a bunch of keys is not tragic ;-)

Its the most useful bit of mobile kit I have. Its wonderfully unfashionable
and if I lost or bent it - it wont hurt the pocket.

Oh - and because you have all these other internet features - plus decent
PDA websites - my bandwidth needs are very, very light for the work I do on
it. Ł4/month 3Mb bundle on Orange does me nicely.

But of course - if you must have a camera, polyphonic ringtones, pearl
encrusted covers etc - you will need to look elsewhere ;-)

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Keith F wrote:

As the other poster mentioned, the Treo180 is great, and very cheap. The
Treo 600 has more features, but is more expensive. A Blackberry is perfect
if you do a lot of email.

Also consider the Nokia 6810 and similar - looks like a regular Nokia phone
but folds out for a full QWERTY keyboard. Or a 9210i - bit of a brick but
great to use as a mobile office.

Terry

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small disclaimer - speaking for myself, not my employer.

Insurers would not get Blackberrys or Treos. I think you can only buy
these new if you have a contract with Orange for the Treo? and some other
for the Blackberry.

Im on Voda

Have gone for the Nokia 6820 .

Fingers crossed.

Thanks

Keith
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